Cyber Safety Workshop is a class that teaches children in Kindergarten through 2nd grade about online safety and digital citizenship. This class will offer an age-appropriate presentation to help children learn how to protect themselves and their friends online. The lesson content will use animated characters -- Clicky, Nettie, and Webster -- to introduce children to basic online safety, digital citizenship, how to identify online dangers, and practice safer online behaviors. 

Children will learn:
1. What to do when they see inappropriate content online
2. How to protect their personal information
3. Why they should never agree to meet face-to-face with someone they've met online
4. How to use good netiquette and what to do if someone is being mean to them online

The above concepts will be learned through The 4 Rules of Internet Safety:
1. Tell my trusted adult if anything makes me feel sad, scared, or confused
2. Ask my trusted adult before sharing information like my name, address, and phone number
3. NOT meet face-to-face with anyone from the Internet
4. Always use good netiquette and not be rude or mean online

The class will be taught via a set of interactive Google Slides using the Pear Deck add-on software.  Students will have points of engagement with every slide.  A few minutes before class begins, the teacher will provide a link to the set of interactive Google Slides.  Ideally, students may log into the Outschool classroom a few minutes early in order to click on the link.  There are several options for viewing both your Zoom window and the Google Slides window simultaneously.  

Option 1:  You may access Zoom on your computer and the Google Slides on a separate device (e.g., phone or tablet).  Or, vice versa, you may access the Google Slides on your computer and Zoom on a separate device (e.g., phone or tablet).  

Option 2:  If you are using a single monitor on your computer, you may Restore (make smaller) both the Zoom and the Google Slides windows.  Then arrange them (change their sizes) on the screen such that you can see both windows on your monitor.  If you have trouble Restoring the Zoom window, make sure that you are not in the full-screen mode.  To exit full-screen mode on a PC (not a Mac), click the Exit Full Screen rectangle in the top-right corner of your Zoom window.  To exit full-screen mode on a Mac (not a PC), click the green dot in the top-left corner of your Zoom window.

Option 3:  If you are using dual monitors on your computer, you may drag either the Zoom or Google Slides window to one monitor and the other application to the other monitor.  

Students seem to love interacting in class using Pear Deck interactive Google Slides and it is a great tool to keep students of any age engaged and focused.  Students will be able to use a drawing tool to draw on the screen, a drag-and-drop feature, and a multiple-choice feature to answer questions during class.  Each student can only see his or her responses (you cannot see other student's responses, but the teacher can see everyone's responses).  

All students are encouraged to speak and engage in class but are not required to speak. All students have different levels of social comfort and I want this class to be one in which students of all levels of social interactivity feel included and welcome. A shy student will still learn plenty by absorbing the facts presented. Thank you for your interest in Cyber Safety Workshop for your child!  See you in class!

Mrs. Kristi